I can remember when Miami Vice appeared on tv. I thought that was the coolest show ever. Watched it a few months ago, the magic was gone.The test of time makes a big difference in lots of television shows.

Nice to see Spaced and Bored To Death on there. List fails without Arrested Development.

Also, I really tried to get into Portlandia. I love nonsense humor, but it just tries too hard. The characters are so odd that we hardly feel anything for them, so it comes across as nothing more than a glorified sketch show.

My ol' man was a combat veteran and as a rule, HATED any war movie or TV show with a passion. But for some reason he liked Combat! and watched it every week with my brother and me. He once mentioned it was the only show that featured what he remembered most: walking endlessly in the mud, never having enough of anything, never having a clue as to what was going on, and trying to figure out where his next meal was coming from. It was also the first show to show what we now call PTSD, where a squad member (someone like Fess Parker) simply dropped his rifle and started plowing the fields of an abandoned farm. They just left him plowing and figured the medics would come for him eventually.

And as a special "get off my lawn" comment: it went to hell when they switched to color.